entailment

[ en-teyl-muhnt ]

noun

1. the act or fact of entailing, or involving by necessity or as a consequence:

   The logical entailment of this approach is that the right way to design a curriculum is to make it free of bias.

2. something involved as a necessary part or consequence of something:

   Long hours of work are an entailment of the job.

3. Linguistics. a relationship between two sentences such that if the first is true, the second must also be true, as in Her son drives her to work every day and Her son knows how to drive .

Other Words From

• preen·tailment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of entailment¹

entail + -ment

Example Sentences

Lai, though, is interested in the strategic entailments of such usage.

From The New Yorker

They loved using the word "valet" with a hard "t" and learning the intricacies of an entailment.

From Los Angeles Times

And, it was just prior to this that England enacted statutes that enabled a type of property ownership called an “entailment,” which is often but not always related to noble titles.

From Forbes

Increase of faculty by exercise, hereditary entailment of gains, and consequent progressive adaptation, were prominent ideas in this treatise.

From Project Gutenberg

Hence the practice of entailments in the feudal system.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• consequence
• ramification
• repercussion
• residual
• result